All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 27 2015 // Minnesota’s health insurance exchange is having a big problem with attracting small businesses.MNsure was originally expected to cover 155,000 people in small-group plans by next year. Enrollment was only 1,405...
May 22 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired James R. Weir Insurance Agency Inc. in Mankato, Minn.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Jay Weir, Michael Donohoe and their associates will continue to operate from their...
May 18 2015 // A Minnesota power plant fueled by turkey litter flopped and fell into receivership even before a virulent form of bird flu shook the Midwest’s poultry industry in recent months, yet its new managers say they’re...
May 5 2015 // MNsure’s chief executive is resigning to take another job, the health insurance exchange confirmed, paving the way for a third leadership shakeup at the beleaguered agency in less than two years.Scott Leitz was set...
Apr 27 2015 // A Minnesota city is suing six makers of sanitary wipes, saying their “so-called flushable wipes” are clogging sewer systems.According to the Star Tribune, the lawsuit from the city of Wyoming says flushable...
Apr 27 2015 // Governance of Minnesota’s health insurance exchange could be in for a change, but MNsure won’t go away entirely.The Democratic-led Minnesota Senate defeated GOP attempts to dismantle MNsure. Several...
Apr 24 2015 // Deadly bird flu swelled in the poultry industry in Minnesota and neighboring Wisconsin amid speculation that winds may be carrying virus particles into facilities housing turkeys and chickens.“This is a catastrophe...
Apr 23 2015 // A growing number of Minnesota manufacturers are turning to robots amid a shortage of skilled workers.Minnesota Public Radio News reports small companies are following the lead of larger manufacturers. Bob Kill, president...
Apr 20 2015 // Bryan Lewis has been named director of sales for St. Paul, Minn.-based CHS Insurance, an agribusiness insurance broker and full-service insurance subsidiary of CHS Inc.Lewis will have responsibility for the...
Apr 9 2015 // The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that an insurer created by the Legislature does not have to make its records public.The decision ends a two-year legal battle between the Star Tribune and the Minnesota Joint...
Apr 8 2015 // A Minneapolis-based distributor will pay $50,000 to settle a claim that it fired a man after he had a heart attack.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the settlement with Baldwin Supply Co. The...
Apr 6 2015 // Two tenured professors at William Mitchell College of Law are suing over potential layoffs connected to a planned merger with Hamline University School of Law.The two schools are seeking authorization to create the...
Mar 10 2015 // Minnesota and Michigan both are confronting significant problems with scammers defrauding auto insurance systems they perceive have relatively soft defenses.Minnesota faces a surge in organized fraud rings that fleece auto...
Mar 9 2015 // An annual report on patient safety shows more errors but fewer deaths in Minnesota hospitals in the past year.The Department of Health found 277 so-called “adverse events” in categories that have long been...
Mar 6 2015 // Officials in the south-central Minnesota city of Gaylord have agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to a Mexican immigrant to settle a federal lawsuit that alleged racial profiling.Minnesota Public Radio News reports...
Feb 26 2015 // An annual report on patient safety shows more errors but fewer deaths in Minnesota hospitals in the past year.The Department of Health found 277 so-called “adverse events” in categories long been tracked, such...
Feb 20 2015 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has presented its State Legislator of the Year Award to Minnesota state Sen. James Metzen.NAMIC said it honored Metzen for his support of free-market principles and...
Feb 19 2015 // A lack of adequate testing before the Minnesota’s health insurance exchange launched in 2013 and other issues meant the exchange’s “failures outweighed its achievements” in its first year, the...
Feb 17 2015 // The end of Target’s Canadian operations is having a financial impact on businesses in Minnesota that supplied the retailer.Target’s Canadian division filed for bankruptcy protection last month and owes nearly...
Feb 13 2015 // Minnesota lawmakers could decide whether to regulate the ride-hailing industry this year.House and Senate legislators say they plan to introduce bills soon to toughen insurance regulations for companies like Uber and Lyft....